Moderator: Melinda Crane - Chief Correspondent, Deutsche Welle TV

Thursday, 16 January 2020

09:30-10:00

Welcoming Remarks (CC1)

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General 

Karin Keller-Sutter, Federal Councillor, Chair of the Ministerial, Switzerland  

10:00-11:00

Preparing for the future: lessons from global migration over the past decade (CC1)

This introductory panel will discuss the experiences of countries regarding large migration inflows, and the lessons learned moving forward. It will involve high-level representatives from the UN and from selected OECD countries that have - or had - a key role in contexts of dealing with large migration inflows, as well as the president of a leading think tank. 

Annette Widmann-Mauz - Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, Germany

George Koumoutsakos - Alternate Minister for Migration and Asylum, Greece

Gillian Triggs - Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Demetrios G. Papademetriou - Distinguished Transatlantic Fellow and President Emeritus, Migration Policy Institute

11:00–11:30 

Elevator pitches for the Innovation Lab (CC1)

Following a call for proposals with member countries, 11 selected innovative projects related to migration and integration from across OECD countries were be presented in short, 1-minute “elevator pitches”. Further detailed presentations of these and other selected innovative projects will be made throughout the day in the OECD Conference Centre room CC9.

Duo for a Job (Belgium)

Responsible AI in immigration decision-making (Canada)

Integral Actions (Colombia)

Integration Centers (Czech Republic)

Serious board game about migration governance (European Union)

Virtual Welcome Center (Germany)

CONNGI - Coordinamento Nazionale Nuove Generazioni Italiane (Italy)

Mana Aki: Building intercultural competence in New Zealand’s public service (New Zealand)

Wroclaw on tongues of the world (Poland)

Power Coders (Switzerland)

Hej Framling! (Sweden)

11:30-11:45

Coffee Break

11:45-13:00

Foresight: the future of migration and integration 

Presentation and discussion in break-out groups of the results of a foresight exercise of the OECD, focusing migration and integration in 2035. The session will be divided in four parallel themes. Each theme will conclude with reactions by two renowned policy makers and experts:

(a) The impact of new technologies on migration control and enforcement (CC12)

Nina Gregori - Executive Director, European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

Ola Henrikson – Director, Regional Office for the EU, Norway and Switzerland, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

(b) The impact of new technologies on integration services delivery (CC13)

Cornelia Lüthy - Vice-Director, State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), Federal Department of Justice and Police, Switzerland

Agnès Fontana - Director, Reception and Support for Foreigners and Nationality at the Ministry of the Interior, France

(c) The role of regional and local authorities (CC15)

Bart Somers - Vice Minister-President, Flemish Government, Belgium

Lena Metlege Diab - The Honourable Minister of Immigration, Nova Scotia, Canada

(d) The role of corporations in migration and integration management (CC7)

Annemarie Muntz – President, World Employment Confederation and Managing Director, Global Public Affairs, Randstad 

Anne Duncan – Global Vice-President, International Women's Forum and Managing Director, Lumiu

13:00-14:30

Lunch Break (Special VIP lunch with keynote speech)

Miguel Ángel Moratinos, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

A) Engaging with civil society – new approaches in the integration of migrants (CC12)

New and innovative approaches that have been taken throughout OECD countries to leverage civil society in promoting the integration of migrants – notably with respect to social integration. This session will present and discuss some of these.

Chair: Mariana Vieira Da Silva – Minister of State for the Presidency, Portugal

Kostas Bakoyannis – Mayor of Athens, Greece

Lizette Risgaard – President, Danish Trade Union Confederation, Denmark

Maria Nyman – Secretary-General, Caritas Europe

Keizo Yamawaki – Professor, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan

B) Innovations in Language Training (CC13)

This session will present and discuss innovative approaches to language learning – either through new technologies or through innovation in course design and outreach.  

Chair: Eitvydas Bingelis – Vice-Minister, Ministry of the Social Security and Labour, the Republic of Lithuania

Uta Saumweber-Meyer – Director-General for Integration, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Germany

Sonja Hämäläinen – Director for Migration, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland

Ofir Lahav – Deputy Director-General, Policy Planning and Budget, Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Israel

Michel Boiron – Director General, Centre d’Approches Vivantes des Langues et des Médias (CAVILAM), France

A key issue with which many countries are struggling is to match migrants’ skills with available employment opportunities, notably, but not exclusively, for refugees. This requires skills being assessed upfront and migrants being put in touch with relevant employers.

Chair: Fraser Valentine – Assistant Deputy Minister of Settlement and Integration, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Canada

Guro Angell Gimse – State Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Norway

Maria Hilda Marsiaj Pinto – National Secretary of Justice, Brazil 

Petra Draxl – Managing Director of the Public Employment Service Vienna (AMS), Austria

Ruth Annus – Director General of Citizenship and Migration Policy Department, Ministry of Interior, Estonia

Skills partnerships are an increasingly important tool for matching talent in origin countries with labour needs in destination countries, while avoiding negative impacts on the origin country. This session will discuss some recent policy innovations in this field. 

Chair: Drahoslav Štefanek – Special Representative on Migration and Refugees, Council of Europe

Michael Spindelegger – Director General, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)

Leonie Gebers – State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany

José Alarcon Hernández – Director General of Migration, Ministry of Employment, Migration and Social Affairs, Spain

Severoni Santino – Special Advisor on Migration and Health, WHO Office for Europe

A conversation on the global competition for talent (CC1)

This session will bring together high-level representatives from emerging and destination economies to discuss the global competition for talent.

XU Ganlu – Vice-Minister of Public Security and Head of National Immigration Administration, China

Gordan Grlić Radman – Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, on behalf of the Croatian Presidency of the European Union

Ministerial panel: A whole-of-society response to future migration and integration challenges (CC1)

This high-level closing session will act as a bridge between the policy forum and the ministerial meeting on the following day and will involve a selection of Ministers.

Ylva Johannsson – Home Affairs Commissioner, European Commission

José Luis Escrivá – Minister of Social Security, Inclusion, and Migration, Spain

Eva Nordmark – Minister of Employment, Sweden

Catrina Tapley – Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Canada

Natalia Álvarez – Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Costa Rica

Concluding remarks (CC1)

Gabriela Ramos - OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20

Cocktail for all participants hosted by Spain and Chile (Salon du Parc)